Al-Shura: The Qur’anic Principle of Consultation

Author

Al-Raysuni; Ahmad

Year

2011

Publisher

International Institute of Islamic Thought

Language

English

Pages

Link

Last Update

27-May-2026

Keywords

Religion

Description

WHEN discussing consultation and the evidence supporting it in Islamic legal texts, scholars and writers have tended to focus on two particular Qur’anic verses, namely, 42:38 and 3:159. Given the centrality of these two passages to any treatment of the subject of consultation, I will be discussing them in due course. However, I would like to begin with the Qur’anic passage that reads:

And lo! Thy Sustainer said unto the angels: “Behold, I am about to establish upon earth one who shall inherit it.”

And they said: “Wilt thou place on it such as will spread corruption thereon and shed...